Senior v R [2017] NSWCCA 220

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Senior v R [2017] NSWCCA 220 Hearing dates: 4 September 2017 Date of orders: 04 September 2017 Decision date: 11 September 2017 Before: Basten JA at [1]; McCallum J at [41]; Wilson J at [42] Decision: Refuse the applicant leave to appeal against conviction. Catchwords: CRIME – appeal – application for leave to appeal convictions for dangerous driving – convictions based on guilty pleas – whether pleas attributable to genuine consciousness of guilt – whether pleas entered without full understanding of consequences – whether miscarriage of justice

CRIME – appeal – challenge to conviction based on guilty pleas – whether advice of applicant's legal representative to enter guilty pleas was imprudent and inappropriate – whether incompetence of counsel resulted in miscarriage of justice Legislation Cited: Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW), ss 5, 6 Cases Cited: R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 Ignjatic (1993) 68 A Crim R 333 Liberti (1991) 55 A Crim R 120 McLean v R [2001] NSWCCA 58; 121 A Crim R 484 Meissner v The Queen (1995) 184 CLR 132; [1995] HCA 41 R v Murphy [1965] VR 187 Reg v Chiron [1980] 1 NSWLR 218 Regina v SL [2004] NSWCCA 397 Wilkes v R [2001] NSWCCA 97; 122 A Crim R 310 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jason Neville Senior (Applicant) Regina (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Dr S Baron Levi (Applicant) Mr E Balodis (Respondent)